Religious Pilgrimage Routes and Trails: Sustainable Development and Management (CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Series) - Hardcover

Book 7 of 16: CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage
 
9781786390271: Religious Pilgrimage Routes and Trails: Sustainable Development and Management (CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1786390272 ISBN 13: 9781786390271
Publisher: CAB International, 2018

Synopsis

For millennia people have travelled to religious sites for worship, initiatory and leisure purposes. Today there are hundreds, if not thousands, of religious pilgrimage routes and trails around the world that are used by pilgrims as well as tourists. Indeed, many religious pilgrimage routes and trails are today used as themes by tourism marketers in an effort to promote regional economic development.Providing a holistic approach to religious pilgrimage routes and trails, this book:- Addresses important conceptual themes such as sustainable local development, regional economic development, heritage identity and management, and promoting environmentally friendly practices;- Includes global case studies to help transfer theory into good practice;- Calls for further discussion of the importance of better planning, management, and maintenance of these routes and trails, so that the positive benefits of this type of tourism development can be fully realized.An important resource for those interested in religious tourism and pilgrimage, this book is also an invaluable collection for academics and policy-makers within heritage tourism and regional development.

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About the Author

Dr Daniel H. Olsen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, USA. His research interests revolve around religious and spiritual tourism, heritage tourism, and the management of sacred sites, with secondary research interests in tourism in peripheral areas and tourism and disabilities. He is co-editor of Religion, Tourism, and Spiritual Journeys (Routledge, 2006) and Religious Pilgrimage Routes and Trails (CABI, 2018), and has published over 40 journal articles and book chapters.

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Publisher
CAB International
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1786390272
ISBN 13 
9781786390271
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
280
Editor
Olsen Dr Daniel H, Trono Associate Professor Anna